Chemical Logic Of Metabolism - Biochemistry

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Biochemistry

Study Pack

Set 1: The Scope of Biochemistry

Set 2: The Matrix of Life: Weak Interactions in an Aqueous Environment

Set 3: The Energetics of Life

Set 4: Nucleic Acids

Set 5: Introduction to Proteins: the Primary Level of Protein Structure

Set 6: The Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins

Set 7: Protein Function and Evolution

Set 8: Contractile Proteins and Molecular Motors

Set 9: Carbohydrates: Sugars,saccharides,glycans

Set 10: Lipids,membranes and Cellular Transport

Set 11: Enzymes: Biological Catalysts

Set 12: Chemical Logic of Metabolism

Set 13: Carbohydrate Metabolism: Glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, glycogen Metabolism, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway

Set 14: Citric Acid Cycle and Glyoxylate Cycle

Set 15: Electron Transport, oxidative Phosphorylation, and Oxygen Metabolism

Set 16: Photosynthesis

Set 17: Lipid Metabolism I: Fatty Acids,triacylglycerols,and Lipoproteins

Set 18: Interorgan and Intracellular Coordination of Energy Metabolism in Vertebrates

Set 19: Lipid Metabolism Ii: Membrane Lipids, steroids, isoprenoids, and Eicosanoids

Set 20: Metabolism of Nitrogenous Compounds I: Principles of Biosynthesis, utilization, and Turnover

Set 21: Metabolism of Nitogenous Compounds Ii: Amino Acids, porphyrins, and Neurotransmitters

Set 22: Nucleotide Metabolism

Set 23: Mechanisms of Signal Transduction

Set 24: Genes,genomes and Chromosomes

Set 25: Dna Replication

Set 26: Dna Restructuring: Repair,recombination,rearrangement,amplification

Set 27: Information Readout: Transcription and Post-Transcriptional Processing

Set 28: Information Decoding: Translation and Post-Translational Protein Processing

Set 29: Regulation of Gene Expression

Set 12 Chemical Logic Of Metabolism

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Set 12 Chemical Logic Of Metabolism

Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

Free

In stage ____ metabolism,a catabolic pathway might produce ________ while the opposing anabolic pathway might produce _________.

A)2;monosaccharides;polysaccharides
B)3;CO₂;glucose
C)2;acetyl CoA;lipids
D)1;amino acids;proteins
E)3;NH₃;nucleotides

Answer

Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Based on the following reaction,what is the respiratory quotient for stearic acid?
C₁₈H₃₆O₂ + 26 O₂

\to

18 CO₂ + 18 H₂O

A)1.44
B)0.69
C)1.39
D)0.72
E)none of the above

Answer

Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Which of the following pairs of pathways,if active at the same time,would be considered a futile cycle?

A)gluconeogenesis and citric acid cycle
B)fatty acid

\beta

-oxidation and glycolysis
C)fatty acid synthesis and glycolysis
D)fatty acid synthesis and citric acid cycle
E)glycolysis and gluconeogenesis

Answer